Speaking Event: Food Justice and the Intersection of Urban Greening and Gentrification

When & Where

Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library

6501 Telegraph Avenue [at 654th Ave.}

Oakland, CA

February 10, 2013 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Max Cadji will be speaking on "Food Justice and the Intersection of Urban Greening and Gentrification", and showing a short video about gentrification and NOBE (North Oakland Berkeley Emeryville) Neighborhood issues.

Max is an organizer with Phat Beets Produce, a collective in North Oakland that works to connect small farmers of color to urban communities through the creation of farm stands, farmers markets, CSA's, and community and youth market gardens. Phat Beets Produce is also a partner in both the Pinole Farmer Incubator Program and CrossRoads Collective Cafe, an incubator kitchen for micro-entrepreneurs.